Ballston Spa bank robber sentencedPublished Jan. 27, 2013

BALLSTON SPA -- A man who robbed a Route 50 bank with what appeared to be a handgun and then crashed his Audi while trying to flee the scene was sentenced Tuesday to a 10 years in prison.

Nigel R. Guy, 32, pleaded guilty in November to second-degree robbery, a violent felony. He was sentenced in January to 10 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision.

Guy entered the Adirondack Trust Co. bank on Route 50 in Ballston Spa, across the street from Ballston Spa High School, at about

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1:45 p.m. May 24.

He handed the teller a bag and told her to fill it with money. The whole time he kept his hand in his coat pocket to make it seem as if he had a gun.

"While the defendant claimed to have a firearm, fortunately he did not actually possess one," Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said.

The teller filled Guy's bag with an undisclosed amount of cash and Guy fled to his silver Audi, parked at the school.

While fleeing, Guy smashed his car into a truck at the intersection of Middleline and Northline roads, rolling the car. He got out and fled on foot but was quickly caught by a police K-9 unit.

The nearby schools were put into lockdown mode and dismissal was delayed while the suspect was still at large. Police searched the area for an alleged accomplice but ultimately determined Guy acted alone.